Gelastic seizures have been shown to begin in the HH lesion and removing (or otherwise damaging or ablating) the HH can cure seizures. Until recently, HH with epilepsy was considered not treatable, since surgery on the hypothalamus was considered too dangerous....

Using Focused Ultrasound to Treat Hypothalamic Hamartomas Interview with Dr. Travis Sean Tierney, Pediatric Neurosurgeon Nicklaus Children’s Hospital You recently used Focused Ultrasound to treat a hypothalamic hamartoma. What is FUS and how does it work? Has it...

Community CornerJoin the Epilepsy Foundation and Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas on March 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET for a special Facebook Live, "When Laughing or Crying is a Seizure."Did you know that some seizures consist of sudden laughing or crying that the person has...

An exciting new study has launched to evaluate the use of focused ultrasound to destroy hypothalamic hamartomas. Learn more about the procedure and the study from Dr. Nathan Fountain. Listen to an interview and see images of this new procedure below. Hypothalamic...

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